spring mvc url formatting

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I am using spring mvc. I have 3 pages in my site (actually the controller handle those requests):

localhost/post.html
localhost/search.html
localhost/list.html

I would like the url to be localhost/XXX/post.html where XXX is a parameter that will transffered as a parameter to the controller method. For example, if the user asks localhost/bla/post.html then the controller method of /post will get bla as parameter.

Is this possible in spring mvc?

Affe · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-24 07:03:21Z

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Yes, and quite easy to do. When you define the mapping for the handler URL you can put a variable into the path like this:

@RequestMapping("/{blah}/post.html")
public ModelAndView handleRequest(@PathVariable("blah") String blah) {
  //
}

Spring will set the value of the String for you when it calls the method.

(While not strictly necessary, it is also normal to have a subdirectory for the dispatcher servlet in your paths. Mapping a dispatcher to the root can be a pain. Messes up static resource access, for example. e.g., localhost/myapp/blah/post.html)

answered Jan 24, 2012 at 7:03

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Naor Over a year ago

Thanks. I didn't understand your last recommendation about the dispatcher servlet. I don't want users of my site to surf to domain/myapp/post.html. I would like them to surf domain/post.html (or domain/XXX/post.html)

Affe Over a year ago

in web.xml, avoid mapping a org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet to /*. Things will be easier as the app grows if you map it down a level to /app/* or something. Apache or IIS on the frontend can rewrite pretty public URLs into whatever.

Naor Over a year ago

But then the user should enter domain/app/post.html instead of domain/post.html.

Affe Over a year ago

If you've exposed a JavaEE App server directly to the internet, yes, but you don't want to do that anyway, do you? :)

Eugene Burtsev · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-24 07:01:36Z

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In JSF it may be done with PrettyFaces library. May be it would help you.

answered Jan 24, 2012 at 7:01

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e-zinc · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-24 07:04:46Z

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It easy can be done using annotations:

@Controller
public class MyController
{   

    @RequestMapping(value = "/{id}/post", method = RequestMethod.POST)
    public String post(@PathVariable("id") String id)
    {
    }

    @RequestMapping(value = "/{id}/search", method = RequestMethod.GET)
    public String search(@PathVariable("id") String id)
    {
    }

    @RequestMapping(value = "/{id}/list", method = RequestMethod.GET)
    public String list(@PathVariable("id") String id)
    {
    }

}

answered Jan 24, 2012 at 7:04

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